Communication Between TileEntity and Gui***** of block?

[TheNuclearDuck]

Hey all,

I am making a mod and would like to know how to read an int from a block's tile entity from it's Gui***** file. I have declared a variable in the tile entity which is a public static int. I need to know how to access this variable in my Gui***** file's drawGuiContainerBackgroundLayer method in order to render a graph representing this int. Any ideas on how to do this?

 

Thanks for reading this, hope you can help 

[N1xx1]

Wait, if it's "public static int" you can just do TileEntityMine.myinteger and get the value.

 

Also, when you create a Gui you always have an TileEntity instance stored and a Container, so you have everything you need.

[TheNuclearDuck]

Well, I tried using TileEntity*****.variable but this seems to gt the same value for every block which is placed with this GUI, meaning when a block is placed and there have been previous blocks placed also, it will start by rendering the same value as the other block. I want each block to have an individual variable for its GUI.

 

Edit: When I try to access my GUI***** file's tile_entity parameter, I get an error saying it does not exist.

[rich1051414]

You need to do all item handling in a GuiContainer, not a client side visual gui. It will be in three layers:

 

 

[Tile_Entity_Storage]

-----------|-------------

----------\/------------

[CommonSidedGuiContainer]

-----------|-------------

----------\/------------

[ClientSidedVisualGui]

The container will access the tile entity, and the client side visual gui only adds the textures and stuff.

[TheNuclearDuck]

Okay, so I have added a variable to my Container***** file which sets itself to the tile entity's variable, now how do I pass this variable along to my Gui***** file? I am confused as what to reference, for example should I put Container*****.variable or what? Please help, I know I'm so close to the solution.

[rich1051414]

Extend Tile Entity of course for your tile entity(mostly server side).

Extend Container for your server+Client inventory handling 'proxy'. This is where all your slots and ItemStack handling will go.

Extend GuiContainer for your ClientSide only UI for visualizing the Container.